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<br />DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY COUNTY OF HAWAI`I <br />345 KEKANA`A STREET, SUITE 20 HILO, HAWAI`I 96720 <br />TELEPHONE (808) 961-8050 FAX (808) 961-8657 <br />August 14, 2017 <br />Press Release <br />Time: 3:00pm <br />Update: #1 <br />North Kona Emergency Water Restriction – Honokohau well down <br />This is an Emergency Water Restriction update for North Kona. The Department of Water <br />Supply’s (DWS) Honokohau Deepwell is out of service. Therefore, ALL residents and <br />customers in North Kona must immediately restrict water use to health and safety <br />needs (drinking, cooking, and hygiene purposes) only. Cease all landscape irrigation <br />activities. <br />DWS’s contractor is starting to remove the broken pump and motor as of today. In the <br />meantime, a spare pump and motor has been transported to the well site for installation. The <br />repair timeframe is to be determined. <br />Adjustments to the water system have been made to provide customers a minimum level of <br />water service. Without everyone's cooperation, there will be areas that will experience <br />periodic loss of water service or lower water pressures. <br />We also recommend that residents store a sufficient amount of water for basic household <br />needs, such as drinking, cooking, and hygiene purposes, in the event of service disruptions. <br />For the community's use, potable water distribution stations are at the following locations: <br />- Ane Keohokalole Hwy., between Kealakehe Parkway and Kealakehe High School <br />- Hina Lani between Anini Street and Manu Mele Street <br />For more information visit our website at www.hawaiidws.org. To report any observed <br />wasteful use of water call 961-8060 during normal business hours or email <br />dws@hawaiidws.org. <br />For after hour emergencies call us at 961-8790. <br />…Water, Our Most Precious Resource …Ka Wai A Kne… <br />The Department of Water Supply is an Equal Opportunity provider and employer <br />